In Spiked, James Heartfield explores the history of reparations – particularly those connected with the Transatlantic black slave trade. In Heartfield’s take on righting the wrongs of the past, he argues that current demands for reparations are a sign of defeatism and that such payments never represent the interests of the compensated.
“Papers, please!” Real Borders Make a Comeback in the EU
The 1985 “Schengen” agreement was hailed as the gateway to an eternal utopia of open borders throughout a Europe of 29 countries and 450 million people. Noting the rising number of countries defying EU regulations and restoring national border controls, Lauren Smith in The European Conservative wonders whether the whole Schengen experiment is unravelling under the stresses of uncontrolled illegal migration, crime and social decay.